Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister is set to meet Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram over financial package for the state on September 6 and 7 in New Delhi, said a report in Bengali news channel ABP Ananda. Mitra informed about this on Monday.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had met former Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, [...]
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday led the nation in paying rich tributes to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 68th birth anniversary.
The senior leaders paid floral tributes at Vir Bhumi, the samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv’s wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Vadra and her [...]
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, which will be celebrated on Monday.
“On the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens,” the president said.
“Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed shock and sadness over the shooting incident at a Gurdwara in the US and hoped authorities there will ensure “conditions” that such violent acts are not repeated.
“I am deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the shooting incident that has resulted in the loss of precious [...]
New Delhi: Reports said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his Cabinet this week and appoint P Chidambaram as the finance minister.
The reshuffle will take place in the wake of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee moving to Rashtrapati Bhavan as the President. The Home Ministry is expected to be handed over [...]
New Delhi: Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday said India and Thailand will finalise by the middle of 2012 a free trade agreement and upgrade the pact to a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), opening trade in services and investments .
“In my discussion with Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh, we will work together to finalise [...]
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet on Friday to take a decision on the continuation of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) project led by Nandan Nilekani.
Today’s meeting comes a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held discussions with senior Cabinet colleagues to resolve the issue amid [...]
New York: Countering allegations that he is “aloof”, US President Barack Obama counted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel among leaders with whom he has forged “friendships and bonds of trust”.
“I wasn’t in other administrations, so I didn’t see the interactions between US presidents and various world leaders.”
“But the friendships and the [...]
New Delhi: Amid a looming court battle over Army Chief General VK Singh’s age issue, the UPA government has reportedly begun looking for his successor.
Sources said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to take charge of the matter, after Gen Singh took the government to Supreme Court on Monday over the dispute on his date [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described the problem of malnutrition as a “national shame”.
The PM made the remarks while releasing a report on district-level malnutrition, titled HUNGaMA (hunger and malnutrition). The data has been collated by Hyderabad-based Naandi Foundation.
While releasing the report here, Singh said that one out of every third malnourished [...]
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday inaugurated the 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC) here.
Speaking during the event, Singh noted that China has overtaken India in the field of science.
India needs to double its investment in science by 2017, he stated.
“India must raise spending in scientific research and development to at least two per cent [...]
New Delhi: Ruling out any outside regulation of the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the media in the country can itself take care of the ‘ills’ like paid news and urged it to reduce sensationalism in coverage.
“I am very happy that the media of our country is by and large independent and [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will deliver a message to the nation later Saturday, a prime minister’s aide said.
He will however not address the nation. His message will be released in the form of a statement from his office on New Year’s eve, the aide said.
The message is likely to spell out the future [...]
Chennai: Declaring 2012 as the ‘National Mathematical year’ as a tribute to maths wizard Srinivasa Ramanujan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday voiced concern over the “badly inadequate” number of competent mathematicians in the country.
He also said that the perception that pursuit of mathematics does not lead to attractive career possibilities “must change”.
“It is a [...]
Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday assured DMK that the Centre would take all steps to maintain friendly ties between Tamil Nadu and Kerala and ensure return of normalcy in both states in the wake of the Mullaperiyar Dam row, party chief M Karunanidhi said.
Leading a 12-member delegation, Karunanidhi along with his daughter and [...]